The second runway, constructed by Larsen & Toubro, was commissioned on 6 December 2019. The airport consists of two runways and a passenger terminal, which handles both domestic and international operations. The cargo handled by the airport has decreased by 12.7%, with the airport handling about 326,372 tonnes (359,764 short tons) of cargo between April 2020 and March 2021, compared to 374,062 tonnes (412,333 short tons) of cargo handled between April 2019 and March 2020. It handled around 10.91 million passengers in the calendar year 2020 with 311 aircraft movements a day. Kempegowda Airport is the third-busiest airport by passenger traffic and total cargo handled in India, behind the airports in Delhi and Mumbai, and is the 29th busiest airport in Asia. Kempegowda International Airport became Karnataka's first fully solar powered airport developed by CleanMax Solar. It is named after Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bengaluru. The airport opened in May 2008 as an alternative to increased congestion at HAL Airport, the original primary commercial airport serving the city. It is owned and operated by Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL), a public–private consortium. Spread over 4,000 acres (1,600 ha), it is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the city near the suburb of Devanahalli. Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru ಕೆಂಪೇಗೌಡ ಅಂತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ( IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka, in the southern part of India.

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